Inventor
LANE BENJAMIN F
US37 patents
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CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC
32 patentsUS9702702B1Jul 11, 2017
Methods and apparatus for navigational aiding using celestial object tracking
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC43 citations93
US10466423B2Nov 5, 2019
Partitioned optical switch
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC17 citations85
US10684420B2Jun 16, 2020
Integrated MEMS switches for selectively coupling light in and out of a waveguide
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC5 citations84
US10473862B2Nov 12, 2019
Integrated MEMS switches for selectively coupling light in and out of a waveguide
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC11 citations84
US9927510B2Mar 27, 2018
Star tracker
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC10 citations83
US10180327B1Jan 15, 2019
Methods and apparatus for navigational aiding using celestial object tracking
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC13 citations82
US10048084B2Aug 14, 2018
Star tracker-aided airborne or spacecraft terrestrial landmark navigation system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC9 citations81
US10739520B2Aug 11, 2020
All-solid state optical transmit/receive terminal
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations73
US10599098B2Mar 24, 2020
Method and apparatus for light field generation
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC4 citations73
US10641859B2May 5, 2020
Sliced lens star tracker
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations71
US10234533B2Mar 19, 2019
Position determination by observing a celestial object transit the sun or moon
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations71
US9653003B2May 16, 2017
Navigation by ocean surface topography
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC6 citations71
US9689682B1Jun 27, 2017
Positioning and navigation according to scattered light in sky
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC3 citations70
US10901190B2Jan 26, 2021
Hemispherical star camera
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations69
US9648252B2May 9, 2017
High performance scanning miniature star camera system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC2 citations68
US10636918B2Apr 28, 2020
Single electron transistor triggered by photovoltaic diode
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations62
US10274575B2Apr 30, 2019
Zero optical path difference phased array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations62
US12235368B2Feb 25, 2025
Multi-source distributed navigation system architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations59
US12130141B2Oct 29, 2024
Star tracker with adjustable light shield
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations59
US11774602B1Oct 3, 2023
Multi-source distributed navigation system architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations59
US10935381B2Mar 2, 2021
Star tracker-aided airborne or spacecraft terrestrial landmark navigation system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations59
US10731964B2Aug 4, 2020
Photonic imaging array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations58
US10362234B2Jul 23, 2019
Configurable sunshade for use with multiple-field-of-view camera system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations58
US12027779B1Jul 2, 2024
Two-dimensional planar and crossover-free beamforming network architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations57
US11699862B2Jul 11, 2023
Two-dimensional planar and crossover-free beamforming network architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC1 citations57
US10534063B2Jan 14, 2020
Zero optical path difference phased array for determining a direction of an incoherent optical source
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations52
US11237003B2Feb 1, 2022
Stellar-landscape/horizon image navigation
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations49
US11150357B2Oct 19, 2021
Multi-source distributed navigation system architecture
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations49
US10837755B2Nov 17, 2020
Photonic imaging array
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations47
US10511782B2Dec 17, 2019
Configurable optical baffling for use with multiple-field-of-view optical sensor system
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations47
US10724871B2Jul 28, 2020
Camera-based heading-hold navigation
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations39
US9733087B2Aug 15, 2017
Electron-bombarded active pixel sensor star camera
CHARLES STARK DRAPER LABORATORY INC0 citations37
LANE BENJAMIN F
3 patentsUS8472735B2Jun 25, 2013
Attitude estimation with compressive sampling of starfield data
LANE BENJAMIN F8 citations81
US8443662B2May 21, 2013
Geo-location systems and methods based on atmospheric pressure measurement
LANE BENJAMIN F11 citations75
US8472736B2Jun 25, 2013
Attitude estimation by reducing noise with dragback
LANE BENJAMIN F1 citations49